Nicholas Hill (Nico) is a dedicated community member and long time resident of Detroit’s North End. He has worked over a decade in community, public, and international service, always with a focus on front-line, human-centered work. He is a passionate advocate for equitable and universal accessibility to housing, food, healthcare, and education.
Nico currently serves as a program manager at Global Detroit, where he leads neighborhood-based programs that connect residents and immigrant-owned businesses to housing, basic needs, and small business resources.
Prior to Global Detroit, Nico was the Director of the Site and Residential Services Department at Freedom House Detroit, overseeing shelter operations and teams across three transitional housing locations. He remains a strong advocate and supporter of Freedom House and its mission. Earlier roles include overseeing housing stability programming at Jefferson East, Inc. and managing a food pantry at Gleaners Community Food Bank. A former Peace Corps Volunteer in Mexico, he is bilingual in English and Spanish and deeply committed supporting immigrant communities in the Unites States.
Nico hopes to utilize his time with the Change Collective Fellowship to advance equity and access to resources in the city of Detroit’s growing base of immigrant contractors, workers, and families.